Linnton Scenic Highway Proposed as America's Foremost Boulevard
Linnton pursuing a vast 14 mile West Side boulevard to showcase the lower peninsula and Portland’s scenery. The plan includes a 200 foot wide right of way, a raised tolling roadbed, and a future 700 foot ascent with four percent grades. A bridge would connect with St. Johns and a bonded district funds improvements.
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Linnton
America
St. Johns
Lower Peninsula
Willamette Boulevard
Oregonian
Portland
West Side
Willamette Heights
Fear Side
Mount Hood
Mount Adams
Mount St. Helens
Council Crest
Boulevard Proposal Promises Scenic 14 Mile Parkway
A proposed boulevard would run 14 miles from Thurman street to Linnton with elevation 600 feet at midpoints and 4 percent grades, offering views of Portland, St Johns, Vancouver, and surrounding rivers. The plan includes 226 acres of natural park, an 80 foot right of way, water and car line provisions, and a later link to Willamette Heights. Officials aim to complete the project soon at about 6000 dollars per mile.
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Thurman Street
Willamette Heights
Linnton
Salzman
Germantown
Old Rock
St. Helens
Portland
Montavilla
St. Johns
Vancouver
North Bank
Columbia River
Willamette
Oaks
Columbia
Cape Horn
Hood
Adams
Ranier
Cascade Range
Mount Tabor
Mac’ Park
Gity Park
Ecrossi
Ard Shepard
Settlement Bankers Tie Move to Curb Land Sharks in Oregon
At Corvallis annual Oregon bankers convention delegates vow cooperation with commercial bodies to purge unscrupulous land speculators. They plan appraisement committees in each community to set fair land prices, warning buyers to avoid dealers until values are deemed reasonable. The effort targets speculative dealings while protecting fair Oregon soil.
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Oregon
Corvallis
Wedding Blessings for Paul Rood and Bride
Glad wedding bells ring in La Grange today for Paul William Rood and a Novable talented bride. The young pair have both been laborers true, devoting talents to Him, and plan a Northwest visit after their wedding. Oregon may become a fishing hub as halibut banks near Lincoln county draw launches and exports surge. For sale cheap five room house on Charleston street, ready for occupancy.
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Paul William Rood
P. Rood
St. Johns
Chicago
von Neva Nystrom
Lake
V. Rood
Northwest
la Grange
Oregon
Lincoln County
Newport
Yaquina
Pacific
City Council approves decorations for July events and street work
City council met with Mayor Bredeson presiding and approved donating $250 for decorating Jersey to Richmond and Burlington to Hayes streets for Firemen's celebration, Sweet Pea and School Garden exhibits, with Alderman Vincent to arrange purchases. Debate over Richmond street grade change and forthcoming condemnation for St Sam Ave widening.
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Bredeson
Commercial Club
H. W. Bonham
J. B. Hiller
Jersey
Richmond
Fessenden
Burlington
Philadelphia
Hayes
Vincent
Commercial Club Committee
Richmond Street
Smith Avenue
Fessenden Street
Brose the Angest and Steel Committee
St. Sam Avenue
Edison
Bruce Streets
Burr Street
Recorder
North Leonard Street
St. Johns Avlene
Bruce Street
M. T. Swan
JW. S. Jeans
J. Hahn
W. W. Mason
Andrew and
Harrer
Mason
A. W. Davis
Martin
Portland Library Association
Johns
Central Avenue
Charleston
Buchanan Streets
Cla
Willamette Boulevard
June Wedding in Portsmouth Unites Hilda Peterson and Eugene LeGall
Miss Hilda Peterson and Eugene V. LeGall wed at Holy Cross Church Portsmouth in a June ceremony officiated by Rev Father Gallagher. The bridal party wore pink and white roses with embroidery and Venice lace amid rose decorations. The couple plans a honeymoon to the Sound country after which they return to Portsmouth.
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Hilda Peterson
Eugene V. LeGall
Holy Cross Church
Portsmouth
Father Gallagher
Anna Reich
Amelia Ullman
Hazel Theberge
Charles Holmberg
Alice Duhaime
St. Johns
le Gall
Tile
Sound Country
Man With Nothing to Do a lament on idleness and envy
A narrator paints a pitiable man living on pennies with no purpose. He longs for work even wheeling a barrow to earn a dollar and feel appetite restored by labor. The piece argues idle life dulls happiness and mocks those who never earn or contribute.
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Norway
Creelman
Penfield
Suez
Ceylon
India
China
Japan
Nichsen
Luzon
van Norman
Poland
Nations
Whitney
Great Slave Lake
Arctic Ocean
Rives
Domestic Happiness Rules for Milwaukee Wife
Theodore Puls of Milwaukee issues seven domestic happiness rules for wives. Emphasizes obedience, serving breakfast and clothing, punctual meals, keeping home neat, and avoiding sharing petty troubles with husbands. Advises careful handling of mothers-in-law and maintaining good relations with both. stresses letting husband manage his own breakfast at times. Work for a greater St. Johnma.
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Theodore Puls
Prabotion Ofer
Milwaukee
Wis
Pula
Mr Pula
Sweet Pea Show Date Change For St Johns and Fair
Illness in Ben Vardaman’s family prompts shifting the Sweet Pea Show to Saturday July 9 in the Holbrook building. Commercial Club governs with prize money from 25 dollars and up, plus numerous amateur classes from vase counts to juvenile entries, and school garden contests with fixed sizes and rules from the National Sweet Pea Society.
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Ben R. Vardaman
St. Johns
The
Commercial Club
Fireg .Ment
Jane
National
Sweet Pea Society of America
Peninsula Title and Realty Offers Accurate Abstract Services
Peninsula Title, Abstract and Realty advertises accurate work with reasonable fees led by H Henderson in McDonald Building. It lists Druga Farm for sale with 40 acres, 25 cleared, timber and buildings, near Sifton car line, plus other conveyance and notary services by Timney and Dayls and RF D No. 1 Brush Prairie Washington listings.
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Peninsula
H. Henderson
Uanager
North Jerey
McDonald Building
Sifton
P. Chantler
Brush Prairie
Wash
Ling
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the Library
Jack Sababe
Walen
Rood
Nystrom
Christ Paul Rood
Pather
Ong Leavin
Charleston Street
St. Johma
Currin
Druga
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